Faucet



Dec. 27, 1927. 1,653,997

' w. G. ESTEP FAUCET Filed March 22. 192'? gmc@ lli

Patented Dec. 27, 1927.

WILLIAM G. ESTER, OF DUQUESNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

national.

Application filed March 22, 1927. Serial N0. 177,349.

y This invention relates to a faucet or spigot of the type generally used in connection with Wash stands and the like.

It is an object oit the intention to provide a device of this type having a check valve which will close automatically when the inain Valve is removed so that repairs can he made Without the necessity oi shutting oil' the supply et water to the spigot.

lt is a further object olf the invention to mount the inain `valve and the parts associated therewith Within a renlovahle cage which, when seated within the valve casing oit the spigot Will act as a means tor holding the check Valve nnseated so that the :flow oit Water through this spigot will he controlled solely hy the inain valve.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the coinhination and arrangement oi parts and in the details et omistrui'tioin hereinaliter described and claimed.` it heilig understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the in- Vention herein disclosed may he made Within the scope oi what is claimed, without departing troni the spirit oi the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, the pre terred torni ot the invention has been shown.

In said drawings,

Figure l is a section through a Eaneet or spigot having the present innproveinents combined therewith.

Figure 2 is an elevation oil the cage removed iroin the valve casing.

Figure 8 is a section on line 3--3, Figure l.

Referring to the figures hy characters ot reference l designates the casing of the faucet or spigot provided with an outlet nozale 2 communicating with a compartment 3 provided in the upper portion of the casing and alcove a partition t, there being an inlet compartment 5 Within the casing and below this partition. The bottoni of the coinpartment 5 is formed With a cylindrical socket 6 communicating, through a passage l, with Athe interior of the tubular extension 8 to which the supply pipe is adapted to he coupled. A valve seat 9 is provided around the passage 7 and is adapted to he closed by a check Valve l the stein ll of which pro-- jects through the passage 7 and is formed in" tegral With or suitably connected to the center of an apertured disk 12 at the bottom oi the recess 6.

Formed 'within the partition (l is a large tapered @peeing i3. The upper end of the Valve c; sing l hasn cylindrical. opening 141;. The diameter oit the recess 6 is equal to or less than the smallest diametel1 ot the open ing i t lnsertlhle into 'the casing It is a cage consisting ot' an upper cylindrical portion 1.4. and a lewe'.` cylindrical, portion 15, the lower portion lr "ig oit less diameter than the upper portion and there lacing a tapered seat lli between said portions. ll desired number oi ports l? are :formed within the cylindrical portion l while another port 1S is formed Within the cylinrhical port 14,. The cage rs open at the bottoni while the interior thereof is divided into two portions hy a partition l9 located between the ports i7 and 18. This partition has a passage therein surrounaflN ed hy a ralye seat itl. A. threaded opening ilforn'ied in the upper end ot the cette :for the recept-in ol" the, threaded stein This stern has nleans 24 at its upper "end 'whereby it can he rotated readily. socket 25 is termed at the inner end oiI' the stem 23 for the reception ol one end portion of the stein .E26 oil. a niain Valve Q7. This main Valve is located helow the partition 19 and adapted to he guided by the lower portion l5 ot the age. ln this lower portion is lo cated a coiled spring 2S which hears constantly against the inain Valve.

The external diameter ot the lower por tion l5 of the cage substantially equal to the diameter oli the recess G. The tapered shoulder 1G is so shaped and proportioned as to fit snugly against the seat 13. The upper eind portion lll ol the cage is adapted to fit snugly 'Within the opening lli in the casing l.

The cage with the spring 28, valve 27 and stein 2S therein is insertihle downwardly into the cz sing` l so that the portion l5 will lit snugly onto the dish and Within the recess o while the shoulder lll will `lit snugly on the seat lf3. Thus the valve l0 will he urlseated and held uns `tted hy the depressed dislr 12 While spring 28 will act to hold the inain valve 2l' pressed toward its seat 2l. By turning the stern 23 in one direction the Valve 2l can he ilforeed against its spring so as to nieve away trom its seat. (lensen qnently tluid can 'flow through the aperturned dish l2 and around the main valve 2T to passage 2l) and thence to the outlet nos Gli i n.r

zle 2i By reversing the rotation of stem 23 A12 the eliecl valve' 10 Will be thrust against its 'seat' 9 by the pressure of fluid there against. Consequently fluid cannot escape through thefaucet while the cage is out of position. Y Y p After the desired repairs or replacements have been made the cage can be reinserted into the easing and secured by means ot' the cap 29. Y

-It will be understood of course that when the main valve 27 is opened the Water `in flowing throughthe easing will pass from the passage 7 into the lower portion 15 of theeageY andthence through the lower port 17 into compartment 5 and from said compartment through the upper ports 17. Here vCm the liquid'vvill pass over the depressed valve 27'to the passage 20 and thence out through the port 18 to the nozzle 2. H

' What is claimed is:

In a device of the class described a casf ing having an inlet and an outlet and a partition between the inlet and outlet provided with an opening, an apertura-ed disk seated in the easing, a check valve integral therewith and supported Within the inlet, said valve being movable under the pressure of liquid flowing toivard the inlet, thereb)v to close said inlet, a cage slidable into the easing and having an open end movable against the disk to hold the eheck valve unseated, said Cage ineludiing cylindrical end portions of different diameters and an intermediate shoulder separating the end portions, said shoulder being movable against the wall of the opening in the partition, there beingl ports Within one end portion ot the ea ge and an outlet port in the other end portion of the cage, there being a passage between said end portions, a valve Within one ot the end portions ot the cage, a spring housed Within said end portion tor holding the valve normally positioned to close the passage in the cage, the disk ot the cheek valve constituting a seat tor the spring, means carried by one end portion ot' the cage for unseating the spring pressed valve` one end portion otl the cage constituting a guide and housing :tor said valve when unseated, and means engaging the ease tor holding the cage Within the easing and pressed against the disk ot the check valve.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atlixed my signature.

' WILLIAM G. ESTER 

